The NBA draft lottery is here, the annual event where the NBA changes the course of franchises across the league with the bounce of a couple of ping pong balls.

The event carries with it much less fanfare in the Philadelphia area this year, thanks to the local team’s 52-win season and trip to the playoffs. Where the lottery in prior years meant the difference between Ben Simmons and Kris Dunn, the Sixers head into tonight’s proceedings with relatively little at stake.

Still, the Sixers enter the night with a lottery pick in hand, a selection from the Los Angeles Lakers that’s currently slotted 10th. This is the return from the Michael Carter-Williams trade more than three years ago.

Here’s a quick rundown of what to expect.

Lakers pick odds

The NBA, in its current format (this changes next season) only draws for the first three picks. After that, the remaining teams are ordered based on their win totals, with the...